Life insurance premium volume to GDP in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia: Life insurance premium volume to GDP was 1.9% in 2019. ▼ Falling
Life insurance premium volume to GDP in Saint Lucia, 1996–2019
Source: Sigma Reports, Swiss Re. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2019, life insurance premium volume to gdp in Saint Lucia stood at 1.9%.
The figure is up 87.4% on the previous year and up 44.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life insurance premium volume to gdp in Saint Lucia peaked at 2.5% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 1.0%, in 2017.
That places Saint Lucia 34th out of 162 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Life insurance premium volume to GDP in Saint Lucia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 1.3% | — |
| 1997 | 1.3% | -2.0% |
| 1998 | 1.3% | -1.9% |
| 1999 | 1.3% | +2.0% |
| 2000 | 1.3% | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 1.7% | +30.5% |
| 2002 | 1.6% | -6.0% |
| 2003 | 2.3% | +45.2% |
| 2004 | 1.9% | -17.9% |
| 2005 | 2.5% | +33.8% |
| 2006 | 2.3% | -9.0% |
| 2007 | 2.2% | -2.5% |
| 2008 | 2.1% | -8.7% |
| 2009 | 1.3% | -34.5% |
| 2010 | 1.2% | -7.8% |
| 2011 | 1.1% | -9.8% |
| 2012 | 1.1% | -4.0% |
| 2013 | 1.0% | -2.8% |
| 2014 | 1.0% | -1.8% |
| 2015 | 1.1% | +5.1% |
| 2016 | 1.1% | +3.4% |
| 2017 | 1.0% | -7.9% |
| 2018 | 1.0% | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 1.9% | +87.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.3% | 1.3% | 1.3% | 4 |
| 2000s | 1.9% | 1.3% | 2.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.2% | 1.0% | 1.9% | 10 |
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More financial sector data for Saint Lucia
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 16,389 current LCU per person (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 1.11 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 7.53 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 304.94 million SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 326.51 million SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 326.51 million SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 326.51 million SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 1,812 SDR per person (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), annual growth rate 4.86 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) (SDR), per capita 1,812 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life insurance premium volume to gdp in Saint Lucia?
- Life insurance premium volume to gdp in Saint Lucia was 1.9% in 2019, according to Sigma Reports, Swiss Re.
- What is the highest life insurance premium volume to gdp recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The highest recorded value was 2.5% in 2005.
- What is the lowest life insurance premium volume to gdp recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.0% in 2017.
- How does Saint Lucia rank for life insurance premium volume to gdp?
- Saint Lucia ranks 34th out of 162 countries with data for 2019.
- Is life insurance premium volume to gdp rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 44.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Saint Lucia data come from?
- The figures come from Sigma Reports, Swiss Re, published as part of Life insurance premium volume to GDP (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Premium data is taken from various issues of Sigma reports (Swiss Re). Data on GDP in US dollars is from the electronic version of the World Development Indicators.